Chapter 10 : Yuri-chan meets the enemy!

-Yuri-

Well, that was it.

Two months later, the preparations were complete !

Emergency supplies ready !

Blackmail material copied and filed !

Corruption gift money prepared !

Nagito-kun hidden aw....

Wait.

"Nagito-kun ? I thought we agreed that you weren't going there ?"

Nagito-kun was currently walking next to me as we were leaving the comfort ( and plumbing) of our little house, hidden away in Septentrion.

He looked at me as if I was an idiot. He definitely was taller than me! Half a head to be exact !

What the heck, how come puberty came to pass this time, was there something in his food ?

Nooooo, now he's officially a possible love interest as the antagonist's servant !

Uwaaaa, should I hide him in a cupboard until it passes ?

"Stop thinking about stupid things. It's always better to be in the Cyclone's eye. Besides, if I'm left alone, people are going to remember that I exist and go after me."

And with that, he dragged me in the carriage that was waiting for us to lead us to Meridiens' Capital.

How cold, using me as a decoy like that...

As we were sitting and preparing for a long, long ride, I pouted and mused aloud.

"Muuu, sometimes, I wonder who's the master and who's the servant here..."

He stretched lazily, visibly unaffected by my statement. The carriage started moving. The speed seemed pretty high. Good thing undead horses' energy is inexhaustible as long as they have mana, , ne ?

"As you so often mention , I'm a cat, I don't have a master. Never said anything about servants though."

He ended his sentence looking at me mischievously.

Uuuu, you're getting dangerous, Nagito-kun, I'm worrying for you right now!

The opponent we're going to face will attract anything male and cute or handsome after all...

Maybe I should have tipped Brother about where I'm headed to he'd have come running and destroyed everything and I wouldn't have to deal with that mess...

No ! Go away lazy thoughts ! Back to business!

Umu. According to my files, the heroine already captured one target and got her happy end with him, destroying the rival for his route, who was my 'cousin'.

Yes, 'was'.

After asking around in the plan's first stages, we discovered the poor girl was fed to wolves for her crimes of harassing the heroine and the family had to pay so many fines that they were left destitute.

Unforgivable.

It's not as if she had a choice in the first place, her whole life was centered about marrying Duke-san, of course she'd fight tooth and nails to protect her place, the heroine was going to rob her of everything anyways !

If anything, the fault was with her parents who pushed her to do anything for Duke, and Duke for halfheartedly accepting her advances!

Indecisive people like that are the worst.

Poor, Poor Lorella.

Even if I'm not family, please allow me to settle your grudge for you.

"Well then, I'll be taking a nap, tell me when we arrive."

And then, Nekota-kun used my lap as a pillow to sleep.He's getting pretty familiar with me, isn't he ? Mou, that's gonna be a problem for another time. One at a time. First, heroine destroying, then cat care.

The scenery changed a lot, and I could guess the temperature was getting warmer. That's going to be a bother, it's easier to conserve undead if the climate is cold, the rotting is slowed. The vegetation slowly changed from mostly coniferous, old forests to great plains and sparse trees, the sun was shining brightly, and there were flowers everywhere.

We should see to getting some and acclimating them to our house.

Agreed.

After a few hours of mindless petting the sleeping teenager's hair, she finally saw the palace.

Undead horses are the best ...

It was very... Pretty ? tall, white and shiny, with great , transparent glass panes, which spoke of advanced glassblowing techniques. More shopping to do then . Would probably be easily destroyed though. I wake the lazy cat up, and he looks around blearily before preparing himself for a public appearance.

There is a small procession waiting for us. That was to be expected, but is still annoying.

There's a lot of people, I actually feel a bit self conscious and start fiddling around with my clothes while still in the carriage. Then it stops.

The door opens and Nagito-kun gets out first, then raising his hand to help me out.

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I dare say our appearances surprised many.

The first prince walks up to us, and I reluctantly give him my hand to kiss. Gross.

"I must admit that after knowing Lorella for so long, I wouldn't have imagined her cousin to look so beautiful. Duchess Lilia Ambrosia Faulafee, I presume."

I hate this guy already, he makes me feel unclean just by looking at him.

"Indeed, that would be me."

Hand. Back. Now!

That guy's one of the bastards who killed Lorella, he'll be going too !

Besides, that would do wonders on the gene-pool, I'm pretty sure the slime is hereditary!

The creep finally went away and we all went to the castle, free to mingle with each other in the great hallways.

That's where it appeared.

Heroine.

...

That' was a bit... Underwhelming.

Light brown hair and green eyes, a pretty face and modest proportions.

Call me biased, but I don't get it.

Even Nagito-kun's prettier , and he's a boy.

"Little girl, where are your parents ?"

"Destitute or dead with cousin Lorella."

"Oh. Should I know that name ?"

Why you....

"I am the new Duchess of Vernieros, it was pretty hard to tidy out your mess."

The ditz finally remembered, and looked at me with a condescending expression.

"Aaaah, so that would be you. To be honest, I was expecting somebody more competent looking."

Oh no you don't, bitch!

"And for someone who almost destroyed the country and is incapable of handling money correctly, I was expecting you to be at least pretty. Looks like neither of us got what they expected, though in your case, one could say it is pretty pitiful."

She just smiled at me nastily.

"I read about you in about every internet site, miss 'blue ghost' I won't let you bring me to a dead end like all those other girls."

Say whaaaat ?

I beamed back at her.

"I don't really get what you're saying, but obviously, old age seems to be catching up with you. Good thing you don't have much in that way, would be a tragedy if they already started to sag when you're looking for a new victim. Well then, I'll be going, not napping obviously made you senile, grandma."

I looked at her bust dismissively. Our sizes are the same in that area, and I look like a fourteen years old.

Her ugly face became a placid mask and I knew we were watched, or that somebody arrived.

Ah, it's baka first prince, he's back with Nagito-kun. I didn't even notice he was gone!

Hey, becoming a ninja without telling me is no good, you know ?

Aaaah, your face is so pretty, it's healing me from that woman's ugliness ...

-Heroine-

Heartthrobbing kingdom was your average Otome game with four male leads ant two secret characters. That is until the sequel came out, and you could choose to 'continue' the game using your old saves. Almost every route followed the same model, save for one.

The first Duke.

Because you defeated the rival and destroyed the rival's family, one of the members rose in their ranks and came to court in their stead. Apparently, her speech, attitudes and the likes varied tremendously following how you dealt with the rival. There was only one common point though, it's that, as long as 'Blue ghost Lilia' was here, a bad end was bound to come.

Trying to befriend her was useless.

Trying to escape her was useless.

Even the supposedly possible love interest, her butler was impossible to sway to your cause, and if anything, the consequences of trying to initiate his route made everything worse.

I'm a master otome games player, and I won't be defeated by that stupid NPC.

[Dead end]

Replay.

But I will not be defeated.

And that's how the game sucked me in and I found myself at the beginning of the first game.

Ha ha.

I have landed myself the duke, and killed off that annoying rival. Now come on, Blue Ghost, and let's see which of us is best...

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I fail at doing whacky otome genre, sorry ç_ç

One day, I'll manage to write a well adjusted character.

Maybe.

Don't have much to say, except that it will be the only one for now, I'm gonna try to get some zzz for the xth time today.

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Done some editing, found more mistakes and added some description to make it more lively ( did I use the word right ?)